The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-05-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS
"A school for the prisoners has been
established in the State prison at Guam
ajuato, Mex.
"A wonderful gold mine has been
discovered in Sonora, Mex. The miners
get pure metal by breaking the quartz
with hammers.
An odd burglary occurred at West
chester, N. T.. recently, where thieves
stole the forms of a paper which were
ready for the press. Newspaper rivalry
is the supposed cause.
"A chronological journal has a pict.
ure Of a 'skull showing large parent
al love-" The spectacle of skull
exhibiting large parental love must be
very touching sight.
1t was the young man from the
provinces who sent bride handsome
present of silver engraved wv. p"
Asked what the initials meant, he inno-
Gently explained they stood for "wed-
ding present"
A gentleman living near Winter
vile, Ga, is said to own Texas pony
that sports well developed mustache
"a heavy one, very much resembling
one on a human face. 1t lis on the horses
upper lip, and gives him quite strange
appearance.
"A Persian, who had either to apol-
ogize to an Englishman or fight duel,
replied: "Of course I'll apologize; I'll
say whatever he wishes me to say. I
lied when / called him liar am
liar, the son of liar and the grandson
of liars. What more does he want me
to sayp'
"A false bottom was accidentally
discovered in case of Italian wine at
the Boston Custom House few days
ago, revealing several old paintings.
An examination showed that the whole
consignment of fourteen cases had been
similarly fixed up. The persons who
were about to receive the wine, upon
which the duty had been paid, disap.
peared.
"A very remarkable operation has
just been performed by Mr.. Keetley at
the West London Hospital. A child
was brought in having large mole
covering nearly the whole of its cheek.
He transplanted the mole by exchange
That is, he removed the mole from the
cheek to the arm and planted flesh
from the arm on the cheek Every
thing succeeded perfectly.
Lowell has a woman ''milkman."
She was left with several children to
care for, so she leased small farm and
started the milk business. At first she
delivered the milk herself. Her bust
ness now warrants the employment of
driver, and she seems to be prosper
ing. She is a womanly woman, and no
less ''lady" for making so brave
fight for an honorable living. -LoWeH
Citizen.
The use of the gall of rattlesnakes
is warmly urged by M. Koscicky, of
Austria, as an antidote for snake bites.
M. Koscicky, who became acquainted
with the antidote at Venezuela, de-
clares it to be both inexpensive and eff
fective, as well as instantaneous in its
operation, crows and dogs in the last
stage of the poison recovering imme-
diately on the remedy being admins
tered to them.
-Newton's Principia was published
two hundred years ago this year, and
an American correspondent Of the Lon
don Attenguna suggests that the bicen-
tenary be celebrated in some suitable
way. "Let the Royal Society,"" he
says, cor the British Association-bu
especially the former-give us history
of science from the year 16S7--the year
in which the immortal Principia issued
from the press.-N. 2. Examiner.